Shuttered website Backpage.com sued under Child Victims Act by woman who was 12 when she was advertised for sex

The founders of a website that was notorious for sex trafficking were sued Tuesday under New York’s Child Victims Act by a woman who said she was pimped on the site when she was 12.

Now that the statute of limitations has been loosened under the new law, plaintiff Melanie Thompson, now 23, said...

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